Police: Man forced bullet into his leg with a hammer

Police believe false report was made to obtain drugs

1:17 AM,
Feb. 28, 2014

Written by

Nick Bechtel
The Marion Star

A man has been charged with falsification after claiming he was shot at a gas station on Wednesday.

The Marion Police Department responded to the MotoMart on West Center Street Wednesday evening after Kenneth Stapleton, 48, from Marion, claimed to be shot.

Stapleton told officers that he was walking in the parking lot, heard a shot and felt something strike him in the right thigh. He said did not see a suspect and security video from the store did not provide any further information. ...